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Arrangement

All Rivers Flow to the Sea, 2005

Countdown to Kindergarten, 2002

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth, 2004

Snap, 2004

Very Brave Witch, A, 2006

Biographical Sketch

Alison McGhee is a professor of creative writing at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. She also teaches in teh MFA in Writing for Children progam at Vermont College. She lives in Minneapolis, MN. After writing three critically acclaimed adult movels she turned her attention to the world of childrens literature. She first wrote a picture book tiltled Countdown to Kindergarten , published in 2002. Another picture book and Snap , a novel about a sesitive girl who comes to terms with loss, followed in 2004. She continues to write books in both genres.
Biographical Source: Walker Books and Amazon Web Sites

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection presently contains production material for five titles.

Subject Terms

Indexing Terms

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McGhee, Alison

Collection Contents

Location

Title

All Rivers Flow to the Sea
2005Note
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2005

Box MF 3740

Typescript
(47 p.) Box MF 3740

Typescript, corrected
(363 p.) Box MF 3740

Front matter
(6 p.) Box MF 3740

Page proof
(9 p.) Box MF 3740

Photocopy of illustrations
(1 p.) Box MF 3740

Correspondence
(5 p.) Box MF 3740

Notes
(1 p.) Box MF 3740

Box

Research material: Box

Box MF 3740

Origami information
(4 p.) Box MF 3740

Newspaper article
(1 p.) Box MF 3740

Countdown to Kindergarten
2002Note
San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 2002

Box MF 3741

Typescript
(12 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, corrected
(6 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, photocopy (fax)
(6 p.) Box MF 3741

Page proof of front matter
(4 p.) Box MF 3741

Correspondence
(12 p.) Box MF 3741

Agency agreements
(2 p.) Box MF 3741

Clippings
(5 p.) Box MF 3741

Photocopy (fax) of illustrations
(1 p.) Box MF 3741

Promotional stickers
(1 p.) Box MF 3741

Box

Research material: Box

Box MF 3741

Typescript
(9 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, corrected
(8 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, fax corrected
(5 p.) Box MF 3741

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth
2004Note
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, 2004

Box MF 3741

Typescript
(6 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, corrected
(7 p.) Box MF 3741

Typescript, photocopy
(11 p.) Box MF 3741

Front and back flap materials
(3 p.) Box MF 3741

Page proof, corrected
(36 p.) Box MF 3741

Photocopy of cover
(2 p.) Box MF 3741

Photocopy of dummy, corrected
(33 p.) Box MF 3741

Correspondence
(4 p.) Box MF 3741

Snap
2004Note
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2004

Box MF 3740, 3741

Typescript, corrected
(257 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Front matter
(9 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Page proof, corrected
(271 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Proof of jacket
(1 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Photocopy of illustrations
(8 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Correspondence
(7 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Dummy
(19 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Layout notes
(4 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Clipping
(1 p.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Booklet of clippings
(1 bklt.) Box MF 3740, 3741

Very Brave Witch, A
2006Note
New York: Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2006